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Watt Says He&#39;s Not Worried About Fannie-Freddie Investors Bloomberg The regulator of Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac said it isn&#39;t his job to worry about the two companies&#39; shareholders. "I don&#39;t lay awake at night worrying about what&#39;s fair to the shareholders," Melvin L. Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance&nbsp;...

Joseph J. Schuster The CFPB&#8217;s Office for Older Americans released a report this month reviewing mortgage debt held by older consumers-individuals age 65 and older. The report found that older consumers are carrying more mortgage debt into retirement, and fewer older homeowners own their home outright than in the past two decades. In addition to mortgage debt, the report... More &#62;

The housing crisis hasn't gone away, it's just on spring break in Florida. Conditions are still dire for many families in the state, according to new data from the housing firm RealtyTrac. In 50 of Florida's 67 counties, at least one-quarter of all home mortgages are underwater -- meaning the owner owes more on the mortgage than the home is worth, the report finds. A high percentage of distressed real estate is present in almost all of the state's most populous counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward, where more than 30 percent of homes are underwater, according to RealtyTrac. Florida, birthplace to countless housing schemes, was one of the epicenters of destruction after the housing market crashed in 2006 and sank home prices. Other areas devastated by the mortgage crisis are still troubled, the RealtyTrac data shows. Broad swaths of Nevada, including the Las Vegas region, along with Cleveland and Detroit also remain in bad shape, according to the report. Here is a breakdown of the five counties with the highest percentage of underwater homes, and with populations of greater than 1 million people. Nationally, nearly 1 in 5 of all homes is underwater, RealtyTrac reports. This actually represents a big improvement from the peak of the crisis, when prices were in a deep trough and as many as 1 in 3 of all mortgages were underwater.

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2014) &mdash; Realtors &reg; who specialize in commercial real estate expressed confidence and optimism in the market during a forum at the REALTOR &reg; Party Convention &amp; Trade Expo . Despite a sluggish economy, commercial practitioners are not only reporting improvements in the market, but they expect improvements to continue in the years to come. National Association of Realtors &reg; Chief Economist Lawrence Yun joined... Read More

Friday's report on new home construction didn't provide overwhelming evidence that the housing sector is recovering after a cold winter, but neither did it provide conclusive evidence that a stall was growing worse.

May 16, 2014 - The outlook for growth over the next three quarters looks stronger now than it did three months ago, according to 42 participants in the second quarter Survey of Professional Forecasters. They also see an improved outlook for the unemployment rate.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices swung lower after data showed a jump in construction of new U.S. homes. Housing starts surged at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 13.2% in April. After the data, the 10-year Treasury note yield, which rises as prices fall, was up a basis point at 2.512%. The 5-year note yield was up 1.5 basis points at 1.551%, and the 30-year bond yield rose slightly to 3.340%.

A measure that would dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won the approval of a Senate commitee Thursday but most likely won't make it to the full chamber this year because it failed to attract a large enough majority of the committee's lawmakers. Read full article &#62;&#62;

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, indicating that the Dow and S&P 500 could extend their decline to a third day as investors continued to be wary of weakness in small-cap names.

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